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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7065831 | Sliding element with keeper device suspended from and guided on a roller rail by support rollers The invention relates to a sliding element, which is suspended and guided on a running track by means of roller carriers or gliding elements, using running track retainers that are connected to a substructure and engage with the underside of the running track. The i... | 06/27/2006 |
| 6928696 | Actuator for improving seal for overhead doors The invention includes a clasp that can be mounted to the roller track of an overhead door and a shim that can be mounted to the overhead door or the shaft of the roller. The clasp includes a portion for attaching to the roller track and a blocking portion that is s... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6536077 | Self-lubricated wheel assembly A wheel assembly adapted to travel along guide rails or tracks. The assembly includes a roller formed of porous sintered metal, a shaft attached to a supporting body and an adapter to which both the roller and shaft are connected. The adapter includes a c... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6463625 | Door truck with a one piece frame and low friction wheels A door truck which has a one piece frame and plastic wheels for operation in an overhead track for supporting a door in which the wheels are mounted to the frame with barrel nuts and a threaded stud. The frame has a door supporting portion through which a... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6370734 | Shoe insert for rail car sliding doors A wear guide insert for use in rail car door support carriages for sliding rail car doors. Wear guide inserts are positioned in the wheel carriage openings for intermediate engagement with a supporting track on which the wheel carriages travel. The insert... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6336247 | Screen door hanger assembly A hanger assembly for a sliding screen door comprises a horizontally mounted track that fits within a standard door header and roller assembly, preferably one roller assembly per side of the screen door. Each roller assembly comprises at least a roller, a... | 01/08/2002 |
| 6189182 | Guiding block for pulling a window curtain A guiding block for pulling a window curtain comprises a pulling plate, a left wheel seat, a plurality of rolling balls, and a right wheel seat. A confining cap is formed between the right wheel seat and the rolling balls. The primary body of the confinin... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6141827 | Carrier slides for window coverings with stuck prevention A carrier slide is provided for window coverings and includes a main body, at least one vertical roller assembly, and at least one horizontal roller assembly. The main body includes at least one compartment defined therein. At least one vertical hole is d... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6119307 | Overhead door with a plunger assembly having a wear indicator and improved panel construction An overhead door having two tracks each of which is designed to be mounted on the side of an opening in a building. Each track has a script-v shape in cross-section, and a groove or channel that runs along its longitudinal axis. One or more panels are pos... | 09/19/2000 |
| 6081966 | Self-centering roller hinge unit for a roll-up door A hinge and roller assembly for use in a roll-up door including a pair of leaves each forming a portion of a bearing socket, a bushing mounted in the bearing socket, a shaft slidably mounted in the bushing. The shaft mounts a roller on one end and the rol... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6058656 | Movable wall or movable partition system having a drive gear for use in a guide rail to move movable wall or movable partition elements, and a drive gear for use in a movable wall or movable partition system A drive gear for a guide rail with a partition wall or similar device in a hanging bearing from the drive gear, whereby the drive gear has a carrying roller and two guiding rollers. The guiding rollers have a truncated vertical section and approach with t... | 05/09/2000 |
| 5983803 | Article transport assembly An article transport assembly which is particularly designed for the conveyance of articles such as printing products, and which comprises a guide rail, and a plurality of article transport devices mounted for movement along the guide rail. Each transport... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5970578 | Theatrical scenery carriage and movement mechanism An apparatus for supporting one or more theatrical panels and, in a more specific aspect, a carriage assembly adapted for such task in association with a horizontal track having an upper guide surface and a lower guide surface, provide horizontal movement... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5884361 | Slider door mechanism, running gear mechanism and closure return A wheel unit is disclosed for supporting a structure for movement on a track. The unit includes a rotatable wheel having a substantially flat bearing surface and supported on an axis for running on a track. A housing supports the wheel and includes a conv... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5181296 | Reinforced carrier disc for operable partition system A multidirectional carrier and track generally comprising a disc, a track, and structure on the track defining a disc supporting surface. The disc is supported for rotation about an axis. The disc is in engagement with the disc supporting surface and has ... | 01/26/1993 |
| 5063636 | Track system for operable wall A track system for an operable wall includes carriage assemblies for partitions or operable wall sections including at least four wheels per assembly, the wheels being mounted on vertical shafts and having beveled lower surfaces for cooperating with bevel... | 11/12/1991 |
| 5031269 | Wheel for rolling drawer slides A wheel (10) for rolling drawer guides in furniture construction. A wheel body journaled on a wheel shaft and made from a hard plastic of good stability of shape has a circumferential, groove-like gap opening into the wheel rim, and in it there is dispose... | 07/16/1991 |
| 4987638 | Sliding door assembly A sliding door assembly comprising a door hanger, a hanger sheave, an upthrust roller and a track, wherein the hanger sheave assembly and the uptrust roller are rotatably mounted on the door hanger. The track provides a first rolling surface for the hange... | 01/29/1991 |
| 4943110 | Curtainside truck trailer access system and lock assembly A system for accessing interior portions of a curtainside truck trailer including a flexible curtain, upper and lower roller assemblies secured to the curtain for engagement with upper and lower rails mounted on the truck trailer for supporting the curtai... | 07/24/1990 |
| 4845806 | Suspended sliding partition With a suspended sliding partition with a level track (1) and at least one panel-like element (3) is provided an upper mounting rail (4) which is suspended from the track (1) by two carrying bolts (2) which extend through a continuous slot in the undersid... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4837891 | Track and trolley with dual drive wheels having annular track engaging surfaces of different diameters A track and trolley system that allows wall panels to be moved with a minimum amount of friction is disclosed. The system includes a track having a first rail, a second rail which is higher than the first rail, and a trolley having two drive wheels that e... | 06/13/1989 |
| 4800945 | Strip-articulated door that turns in small radius An improved sliding door composed of articulated strips in which the novel features are a high guide containing a rotating vertical wheel that supports two adjacent strips and a rotating horizontal wheel that follow a curved track. Additional features inc... | 01/31/1989 |
| 4752987 | Support and guide system for movable door or wall elements A support and guide system for movable door or wall elements is disclosed, which system comprises stationary ceiling channels with channel junctions. Running in the ceiling channels are trolleys from which the door or wall elements are suspended through a... | 06/28/1988 |
| 4724575 | Three wheel mounting assembly having a tapered insertion member A slideably and rotatably mounted roller member performs a precision take up reel function in the environment of a track mounted, drawable, pleated window covering. The roller member slides along an axis coincident with its axis of rotation as it rotates ... | 02/16/1988 |
| 4680828 | Hardware for mounting a sliding door panel Hardware for converting a door panel into a sliding door includes a pair of two-wheel trolley assemblies for supporting a door panel, a one piece track for attachment above a door opening, and a guide assembly for the bottom of the door panel for stabiliz... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4573286 | Device for suspending and guiding a movable panel, in particular for an oblique-displacement sliding door A device for suspending and guiding an oblique-displacement sliding door, especially for railroad cars, comprises a rolling element which is attached to the door by means of a connecting member (4) and comprises two rollers (Gs, Gi) mounted within a tubul... | 03/04/1986 |
| 4572268 | Roller and track means for an overhead door There is disclosed a pickup truck cap having a roll-away or sectional overhead door in which the cap has a door frame at the rear thereof with a depending portion adapted to fit in the tailgate receptor portion of the truck bed. The guides for the door co... | 02/25/1986 |
| 4559740 | Slider assembly for automotive sliding door A slider assembly for an automotive sliding door is more compact than conventional ones. This compact slider assembly can be obtained by overlapping part of one of vertical and horizontal rollers and the plane of the other in order to reduce the distance ... | 12/24/1985 |
| 4476652 | Device for suspending a slidable sealed door The device comprises a guide rail (1) having a cross-section in the general shape of a C and fixed to a wall (M) and defining two guide surfaces (8, 9). One of the guide surfaces (8) has a notch (2) with which cooperates at least one roller (G1... | 10/16/1984 |
| 4467997 | Device for clamping fire hoses and the like A portable device, capable of being hand carried to a selective location along the length of a fire hose at the scene of a fire, is adapted to be swiftly and easily opened by reason of a hinged relationship of its basic parts, to receive the hose. When sw... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4457046 | Track roller carriage assembly for supporting a sliding door, panel or the like A track roller carriage assembly, a pair of joining plates joined face to face and each having a half-round deformation portion intermediate its ends, the two deformation portions defining a bolt aperture the upper edges of the joining plates being notche... | 07/03/1984 |
| 4423685 | Crane trolley A novel crane trolley has four guiding pulleys lying on opposed upper and lower guiding surfaces, arranged diagonally to eliminate the need for having eight guiding pulleys. On each side of the trolley are upper and lower guiding pulleys, with the lower i... | 01/03/1984 |
| 4401033 | Counter-rotating trolley and track suspension system A self-plumbing, counter-rotating trolley and track suspension system for supporting an operable wall panel is disclosed. The suspension system comprises a trolley assembly, including a pendant bolt to provide a common axle on which a pair of counter-rota... | 08/30/1983 |
| 4302865 | Multi-directional canted wheel carrier with shiftable control arm for operable walls A multi-directional canted wheel carrier with shiftable control arm for supporting operable wall panels from upper and/or lower supporting tracks, with the control arm engaging a track slot or guideway and supported from the carrier for shifting when nece... | 12/01/1981 |
| 4207821 | Monorail conveyor An overhead monorail conveyor whose inverted U-shaped rail has flanges provided with inwardly extending lower marginal portions to provide tracks for the wheels of a vehicle having an inverted U-shaped frame which surrounds a portion of the rail. The whee... | 06/17/1980 |
| 4200955 | Girder roller fittings A roller fitting adapted to be secured to a length of scaffold tube and to suspend said scaffold tube from a girder, said fitting comprising a main body, a clamp pivotally mounted on the main body, means for releasably holding the clamp to the main body, ... | 05/06/1980 |
| 4190927 | Curtain rod track fitting A curtain rod track fitting and curtain rings for use therewith, the curtain rings being slideable on the curtain rod and being provided with a slide or roll device trued to the middle of the ring and supported on the rod in such a manner that the plane o... | 03/04/1980 |
| 4159556 | Suspension system primarily designed for use with operable walls and partitions A suspension system primarily designed for use with operable walls and partitions can be constructed utilizing a plurality of identical tracks joined together in a system having a junction between such tracks and a trolley which is movable along the track... | 07/03/1979 |
| 4156953 | Guiding arrangement for closure bodies, especially roller doors, roller gates, and shutters A guiding arrangement for closure bodies such as roller doors, roller gates and shutters, which has a substantially U-shaped cross section for receiving the lateral marginal portions of the closure body by means of which an opening of a building, e.g. a g... | 06/05/1979 |
| 4141106 | Multi-directional canted wheel carrier for operable walls A canted wheel carrier for supporting operable wall panels from upper and/or lower supporting surfaces to enable multi-directional movement of the panels and facilitate negotiation of angle turns and intersections without switches or curves in the support... | 02/27/1979 |
